3. Formation of the new State of Himachal Pradesh.—As from the commencement of this Act
there shall be formed by uniting the existing States a new Part C State to be known as the State of
Himachal Pradesh (hereafter in this Act referred to as the “new State”).—
4. Amendment of the First Schedule to the Constitution.—In the First Schedule to the
Constitution, in Part C—
(a) under the heading “Names of States”—
(i) entry “3. Bilaspur” shall be omitted; and
1. 1st July, 1954, see Gazette of India, 1954, Extraordinary, Part II, s. 3.
2. Clause (b) omitted by the A.O. (No. 3), 1956.
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(ii) entries 4 to 10 shall be renumbered as entries 3 to 9 respectively;
(b) under the heading “Territories of States”, after the first paragraph the following paragraph
shall be inserted, namely:—
“The territory of the State of Himachal Pradesh shall comprise the territories which
immediately before the commencement of the Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur (New State)
Act, 1954 were comprised in the States of Bilaspur and Himachal Pradesh.”